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Treachout has been endorsed by at least one major public sector union. The governor's son. . .I mean the governor, has to strike the proper balance between bashing vested benefits (a lost word for working people, a bad word for many) and being a governor of the People.

Thanks for that link, I had not seen it. I was in court with her the other day at the hearing on Cuomo's challenge of her residency (I confess, I thought that the two years of non-resident state tax filings might be fatal...).

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I didn't emphasize Teachout because it's the surname and I've heard it before. But Zephyr Rain, I could not resist the tease.

Did you ever hear about the teacher who complimented a mother on the social consciousness of her daughters' names, Sierra and Cheyenne, and asked how she chose them. The mother replied that they were the names of the trucks the family owned when each was born. :D

Why endorse no candidate in a major state primary? Here’s how we see it: Realistically, Governor Cuomo is likely to win the primary, thanks to vastly greater resources and name recognition. And he’ll probably win a second term in November against a conservative Republican opponent. In part, that’s because issues like campaign finance rarely have been a strong motivator for most voters. Nonetheless, those who want to register their disappointment with Mr. Cuomo’s record on changing the culture of Albany may well decide that the best way to do that is to vote for Ms. Teachout. Despite our reservations about her, that impulse could send a powerful message to the governor and the many other entrenched incumbents in Albany that a shake-up is overdue.

In related news, despite using the Times editorial to tweak Cuomo on this morning's program, Scarborough et al, (Weep for Rogie, he listens to Joey Scumbag so you don't have to...) when quoting the Times, thrice substituted "the opponent" for Teachout, to avoid giving her vital name recognition...

That man is just so full of himself. But people seem to like his show. That really was inappropriate of him to decide that she was unworthy of name recognition. Seriously, think about it. I mean I know that we're not going to see all 328 presidential candidates in 2016 get equal time. But that's not what we are talking about here.

It wasn't just him--Mika and one other accolyte carefully followed the script...There is one name that Joey really wants to make sure no one recognises-- Lori Klausitis .
Thanks to Lori, Joe is unlikely to return to the public trough, even with the bump from fans of his show...

[....] Last month, Jared Kushner announced the Administration’s support for the bill in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, writing that the six million Americans in local and federal prisons are included among “the forgotten men and women” that Trump vowed to fight for during his Presidential campaign.. “Get a bill to my desk, and I will sign it,” Trump promised. The House passed the bill this week.

President Trump on Thursday canceled a planned summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing “tremendous anger and open hostility” from the rogue nation in a letter explaining his abrupt decision.

“I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting,” Trump said to Kim in a letter released by the White House on Thursday morning.

The summit had been planned for June 12 in Singapore.

In his letter, Trump held open the possibility that the two leaders could meet at a later date to discuss denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, which Trump has been pushing.

"President Trump’s unprecedented meeting on Monday with the FBI director and deputy attorney general regarding a case in which he is directly involved may turn out to be the defining moment of his presidency and for his party. Bob Bauer at the Lawfare blog writes:

North Korea is threatening to reconsider Kim Jong Un’s participation in a summit with President Trump next month, saying it is up to the United States to decide whether it wants to “meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to-nuclear showdown.”

Stacey Abrams just one the Democratic Gubernatorial race in Georgia by roughly 3:1. She could become the first black and first female Governor of Georgia. It looks like the Republican candidate will be chosen after a runoff election since no one reached 50% of the vote.

Evans argued that Democrats could win by appealing to moderate Republicans. Abrams argued that the party needs to focus on disaffected Democrats. Abrams won. Abrams even won Democrats in northern Georgia with small minority populations.

Kendrick Lamar brought on a white fan onstage to rap along with his song “m.A.A.D. City”. When the fan rapped the song as written, repeating the N-word three times, Lamar halted the performance. He told the fan that she could not use the word. She apologized. He gave her a second chance. She almost rapped the word again, the crowd was not having it. Lamar ushered the fan off stage and continued the performance.

The audience responded negatively to the white fan using the words on stage. She lost the crowd with the first use of the words. Some did point out that she was just rapping the words as written.